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Tough day at El Capitan yesterday. I threw a bit of everything at them and they were positively sluggish. It was nice to see Jeremy AKA CorsoEnthusiast out there.

I landed a couple of clones and a handful of dinks mostly on poppers right next to the banks . BTW I named the little one Vinny.
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Tough day at El Capitan yesterday. I threw a bit of everything at them and they were positively sluggish. It was nice to see Jeremy AKA @CorsoEnthusiast out there.

I landed a couple of clones and a handful of dinks mostly on poppers right next to the banks . BTW I named the little one Vinny.
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I only fished Miramar once on July 8 since they opened and had a nice morning with 11 bass until I felt really ill and had to leave
pretty quickly which was a bummer. Feeling much better and recovered from my heel pain(plantar fasciitis), I decided I wanted
to return back up to Miramar. It was a ...

Got on the water a little after 5:00 am and landed 6 really nice topwater fish within the first 45 minutes. At that point I was thinking WhooHoo! Otay all over again. Then the sun came up and the bite turned off like someone flipped a proverbial switch.

I proceeded to basically circumnavigate the ...

Months ago,I got a Jackall Gantarel Jr as part of a deal selling a rod and it has never touched the water. While waiting for my buddy Larry to launch his boat I made a few casts near the boat ramp and was surprised when a small bass slammed it. I was amazed a small bass would hit it and yet so ...

My intel is telling me the bass are eating lots of shad so my suggestion is you throw some topwater baits or jerk baits or any other type of reaction baits. When bass are going through a frenzy eating shad that would be your best bet.

What’s up everyone, I’m very new to bass fishing and I’m just looking for some pointers I might be missing on or doing something wrong. Spent about 3 hours this morning at Otay and didn’t get a single bite. Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated!!


Are you on the shore or in a kayak/boat ...

Haven’t been to my “home lake” in awhile cause the evening shore bite has been really slow lately. Decided to venture out Monday since it was the full moon to see if maybe they were chewing.

It was a balmy 99 when I got to the lake at 4pm. Wind helped it a bit but the sun was just brutal.

As for ...

It was nice meeting you and really liked your pontoon fishing set-up. You looked really comfortable sitting high on the water
a probably a heck of a lot easier to get off longer casts. Yeah, the whole morning was pretty darn slow and with the moon being so full the night before, I always assume the ...

@1Fishdude sounds like you guys had a blast. Did you sell the Cumberland yet?

Have had a lot of really good days lately so I suppose it was time for a reality check. Took the drive up to Hodges hoping for some jiggy piggies since that’s my favorite place to drag a jig around.

It was a gorgeous day out. Water temp a balmy 82 and apparently the fish thought the buffet was ...

otaymichael wrote: Sun Aug 25, 2024 8:56 am Good job, glad you got the stripe off your tube...
Spook? Did someone say Spook? What's a Spook?

Definitely threw the Kickknocker and Kickknocker pup around.

1Fishdude wrote: Sat Aug 24, 2024 9:42 pm Tell me exactly what you threw and what color. I will be out there tomorrow morning early and would hate to make the same mistakes as what you were throwing !! Please hahahahahaha

Hahaha everything in my box that wasn’t an old, hook rashed 6XD honestly

Talking to a few buddies recently and it seems like Hodges has been really a lot tougher…. so picking up a couple nice bass is always a plus even with a few dinks. Glad to see you avoided the skunk and back on the water with your pontoon. Thanks for sharing and Tight lines always

Yeah, I know you guys are tired of my Lake Murray reports, but I tried to make it a little more interesting.
I decided to first try to catch a few bass on hard topwater baits. I put on a little Zara Puppy(Spook) since Dannicus , CorsoEnthusiast and a few others said to throw smaller baits. I ...

Was heading over to Barrett but woke up late and since I was already packed up I made the short drive over to Hodges. There was not many people fishing and most probably stayed away due to the tough conditions out there. I made a beeline to the dam and started throwing cranks on my BFS set up. Got ...

Thank you for the update. I look forward to getting back out there soon.

Not tired to the Murray reports. Keep them coming!
I like the gun fish for down sizing the top hard baits. I think it's the 75mm. I know bait makers are going much smaller now, but I'm out of the loop=)


It’s funny because years ago I would throw larger Sammy’s and they caught fish and then ...

San Vicente Reservoir: Late Summer Bass Fishing
https://youtu.be/Ux_Jf_YhsCI

Do you know where I haven’t been in a long time? San Vicente. I was thinking about where the fish and I realized I hadn’t been there since they raised the lake. So I got out on the water first thing and realized I’m kind ...

Very nice!
Always enjoy the videos and watching you on the rougher water the first 20 seconds, I ran to the medicine chest to take some
Dramamine, but put it away as the water calmed down. Always feel like I am fishing right there with you and great to
see your post and hopefully there are ...